Unit 18 New Zealand

Unit 18 warming up listening speaking

Describe the Location of China

Unit 18 Reading

Pre-Reading Name of the island Describe where it is (...in the ..sea, ocean; to the north, south ,east, west of...); capital (name and its position on the island) Japan Taiwan Hainan The Philippines

lies off the east of the mainland of (Tokyo) China Name of the island Describe where it is; capital (name and position on the island) Japan Taiwan Hainan The Phili-ppines lies off the east of the mainland of (Tokyo) China (lies in the northeast) lies off the southeast of the (Taibei) mainland of China (lies in the north) lies off the southern coast of the (Haikou) mainland of China (lies in the north) lies in the South China Sea, to the southeast of Hong Kong (lies on the west coast of the largest island of (Manila) the Philippines, e.g. Luzon)

National Flag

National Emblem

National Bird — Kiwi

Fast Reading a. History; b. Climate; c. Natural beauty; d. Geography/location The 1st paragraph: The 2nd paragraph: The 3rd paragraph: The 4th paragraph: d. b. c. a.

Careful Reading (1) What does these words refer to in the text? It : Which : This heat: These settlers : New Zealand hot springs the heat near the earth’s surface European and British settlers England

Careful Reading(2) Paragraph 1 (Geography/location) Ocean/Sea: Size: Capital: Other key cities: lies off the eastern coast of Australia the Pacific Ocean/ the Tasman Sea about the same as the Philippines Wellington Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown

Paragraph 2 (Climate) New Zealand has a ( ) climate, while in the north it is ( ). It rains ( ). The warmest months are from ( ). And the coldest months are from ( ). mild sea subtropical and much warmer quite a lot December to February June to August

Paragraph 3 (Natural beauty) The oceans/seas: Many cities: The sand beaches: Landscape: The North Island is famous for: Unique animals/plants: deep blue lie on a bay and have a deep natural harbor always very clean beautiful natural landscape with green hills and mountains hot springs Kiwi (national bird, cannot fly)

Paragraph 4 (History) What happened at that time? About 1,000 years ago? Around 1421? In the year of 1642? In the year of 1769? By 1840?

Complete the following passage. New Zealand is an island made of ___main lands in the _____ Ocean, with its capital _________ . _______ ,the earliest people brought plants, dogs and_____ with them. They ______ mainly in the North Island. _________,mainly ______had come to New Zealand. and the Maori _____________ with the settlers. That day is still ________ as a ______ holiday. New Zealand has a warm ______ and many animals and _____ are living there ,eg, the national bird called–- a Kiwi .The North Island is famous for___________ and some of this heat is used to ______________. two Complete the following passage. Pacific Wellington The Maori rats settled Europeans British signed an agreement celebrated national climate plants hot springs make electricity

Retell the passage according to the clues given below: * Location, ocean/sea, size, capital, other key cities; * Climate (north), rainfall, warmest and coldest months; * The oceans/seas, many cities, the sand beaches, the North Island is famous for, national bird; * About 1,000 years ago, around 1421, in 1642, in 1769, by 1840, National Day.